According to a Norwegian website
"WIll you shake hands with Vladimir Putin?", the Dagbladet journalist asked the world champion on Monday.
"It's a hypothetical question", Carlsen replied. "The only thing I can say is that I am going to Sochi for the other purpose than making noise".
"Magnus will be there to play chess, not politics. The focus will be on Anand and the match. Regarding anything else, he will just behave in a normal way", Carlsen's manager Espen Agdestein told the Norwegian newspaper.
According to Dagbladet, it has previously been speculated that Magnus wouldn't like to appear on photos with Vladimir Putin because his western sponsors didn't want him to be associated with Russian President.